Metaphor ReFantazio |OT| Awaken
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Hopefully we can have discussion of the actual game in this thread. I've clocked 20ish hours and I must say.... this game might be the definitive ATLUS experience. The game is so PS1 JRPG coated I can't help but love this shit. Also Meguro has been cooking with this OST.
For anyone else playing, how are you liking it and how much time have you sunk so far?
For anyone else playing, how are you liking it and how much time have you sunk so far?
I need to buy it.
But the demo was pretty good.
The fact you can choose Archetypes jobs to all party members is really a game changer.
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Anyway I find the characters in the demo less charismatics than typical Atlus's characters.
In special the first noble guy that enters your party... he is very generic... the main characters I found not very inspiring too.
Outside that my other complain is with the anti-aliasing (or lack of)... they are using their PS3/Vita engine yet... they could had upgraded it to take better advantage of modern hardware.
In the good parts I loved the musics and the theme fits more my liking than the most school-like themes of SMT/Persona.
But the demo was pretty good.
The fact you can choose Archetypes jobs to all party members is really a game changer.
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Anyway I find the characters in the demo less charismatics than typical Atlus's characters.
In special the first noble guy that enters your party... he is very generic... the main characters I found not very inspiring too.
Outside that my other complain is with the anti-aliasing (or lack of)... they are using their PS3/Vita engine yet... they could had upgraded it to take better advantage of modern hardware.
In the good parts I loved the musics and the theme fits more my liking than the most school-like themes of SMT/Persona.
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You're gonna love it. the Archetype system is fun to toy with.. Also love how you can over level them into items that give exp to different types. Allows you to keep a consistent synergy until the Archetype is at adequate level.
I also must add that the main cast here so far are top tier. Loving Hulkenburg and Strohl far more than any of the P5 cast..... no spoilers but the way the game introduces the third member was ace!
Gimme like a month or so to get on this. I just finished up a full franchise playthrough of Final Fantasy, and needed to take a bit of a JRPG break after that 950+ hour project.Deadass none of you playing this? Bouto start questioning icons taste attp
I am surprised and thankful to say I got a chance to start it earlier today. I really like the slick UI transitions in battles, especially the turning clock style transfer between enemy and ally turns. The chanting during the standard battle music is really cool too!
I don't have much to say about it plot wise yet, but I noticed the main character actually talks which is a nice change of pace from the Persona and SMT games. Lotsa political struggle told very early on. Rebels taken down by a fantastic general bent on regicide, racism abound, sneaking into the military...Being very fond of Final Fantasy XII for similar political struggle minus the racism I am excited to see where this goes.
I appreciate its fantasy setting, though I must admit other than the fairy I find the fantasy race designs kinda boring. Human but with horns. Human but with pointy ears. Even the MC who just looks like a normal human. Be a little more creative! Give me strange alien looking people or furries or something.
I don't have as much an issue with the graphics as some folks; I'm playing at 1080p with resolution scaling at 200%, so it's basically rendering at 4k and then downsampling to 1080p. Makes it pretty clean. Not perfect, there's still noticeable jaggies, particularly in the city, but it's nbd.
I don't really like how similar the MC's awakening and attack usage is to the Persona awakening scenes in those games, nor did I like that the first "boss" was a 1 v 1 fight which I think is kinda boring.
I love the character designs and boss designs though. Everyone looks rather extravagant.
First hour impressions: It's nice to see Atlus doing a completely new IP and it's definitely a step up from Soul Hackers 2. But I think P3 Reload is a lot better looking visually, and the start is a little boring and too similar to Persona 5. Music, UI design, and character design are peak though and I'm curious to see what this whole job system I'm hearing about is like because FF5's job system rocked and gave a lot of customization options and freedom.
I don't have much to say about it plot wise yet, but I noticed the main character actually talks which is a nice change of pace from the Persona and SMT games. Lotsa political struggle told very early on. Rebels taken down by a fantastic general bent on regicide, racism abound, sneaking into the military...Being very fond of Final Fantasy XII for similar political struggle minus the racism I am excited to see where this goes.
I appreciate its fantasy setting, though I must admit other than the fairy I find the fantasy race designs kinda boring. Human but with horns. Human but with pointy ears. Even the MC who just looks like a normal human. Be a little more creative! Give me strange alien looking people or furries or something.
I don't have as much an issue with the graphics as some folks; I'm playing at 1080p with resolution scaling at 200%, so it's basically rendering at 4k and then downsampling to 1080p. Makes it pretty clean. Not perfect, there's still noticeable jaggies, particularly in the city, but it's nbd.
I don't really like how similar the MC's awakening and attack usage is to the Persona awakening scenes in those games, nor did I like that the first "boss" was a 1 v 1 fight which I think is kinda boring.
I love the character designs and boss designs though. Everyone looks rather extravagant.
First hour impressions: It's nice to see Atlus doing a completely new IP and it's definitely a step up from Soul Hackers 2. But I think P3 Reload is a lot better looking visually, and the start is a little boring and too similar to Persona 5. Music, UI design, and character design are peak though and I'm curious to see what this whole job system I'm hearing about is like because FF5's job system rocked and gave a lot of customization options and freedom.
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FFV was probably the best job implementation of the series. Except, comically, FFX-2 for some reason. I was a bit disappointed they'd moved away from it as the games progressed.
I hadn't even heard Metaphor had a job system! That's very interesting!
For me FFT has the best Job System... that very much inspired by FFV.
BTW the actual full name of Archetypes System is Archetypes Job System.
It is a classic Job system.
Example of one job grid.
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Looks great! Seems like a good amount of RPG depth to this one.For FFT has the best Job System that very much inspired by FFV.
BTW the actual full name of Archetypes System is Archetypes Job System.
It is a classic Job system.
Example of one job grid.
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at the final stretch with 63 hours played. this game has a brilliant story..... a lot of JRPG fall into tropes but this game has a genuinely unique approach
shoutout to studio zero for making a game that tackles discrimination, prejudice, political division, even adding some interesting themes of democracy in a world that only knows monarchy. I'm surprised the anti woke mob has left this game alone because this game is as "woke" as it gets. 2024 is getting yet another 10/10 from me.
shoutout to studio zero for making a game that tackles discrimination, prejudice, political division, even adding some interesting themes of democracy in a world that only knows monarchy. I'm surprised the anti woke mob has left this game alone because this game is as "woke" as it gets. 2024 is getting yet another 10/10 from me.
I've admittedly never played any Persona games, but I jumped into this after seeing the crazy high scores. I'm about 25 hours in and I feel like I'm at the verge of putting it on hold indefinitely. I like the combat system well enough, but not so much that it keeps me hooked. The dungeons seem quite cut and paste even early on. I'm not really feeling the story and none of the characters are interesting to me. Also, isn't this a big budget game that's been in the works for a long time? Why isn't there voice acting outside of big cut scenes? I'm not trying to be a hater, but as a newbie to modern Atlus games Metaphor feels much more like an 85MC type game rather than a 94. I dunno, maybe Atlus JRPGs just don't jive with me? It feels like my experience playing Breath of the Wild - most people thought it was the GOAT game, while I got pretty bored after 15 hours and stopped playing it entirely.
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